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Which of the following statements is true of human blood?
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Our blood typing systems are unique to our species.
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It is common around the world for people to use blood types as criteria for selecting marriage partners.
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Each of us can be categorized on the basis of a number of different blood typing systems.
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If someone says that his or her blood is A+, this refers to the:
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ABO type
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Rh type
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ABO and Rh types
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Which of the following statements is true about the worldwide frequency distributions of blood types B and O?
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They neatly overlap, indicating that whatever factors have been selecting for type B have also been at work selecting for type O.
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Where type O is unusually high in frequency, type B is usually relatively low.
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They both are very similar to the distribution pattern of skin color, suggesting that the same factors have been selecting for blood types and skin pigmentation.
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B and C
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The worldwide frequency distribution of the different ABO blood types:
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is complex, having both clinal and discontinuous patterns
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follows latitude lines, indicating that climate is an important selective factor for this trait
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is simple and predictable, with each continent having its own exclusive type among the native populations
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Which of the following statements is true?
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The worldwide distribution patterns for the ABO blood system support the typological model of human variation.
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Human blood can be unambiguously typed--there are no degrees of difference.
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Mapping the distribution of blood types has proven to be a poor tool for studying the nature of human variation.
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Blood types are:
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genetically inherited
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acquired after birth as a result of environmental factors
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genetically inherited but may be changed after birth as a result of natural selection
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Native populations that include people who have the Diego positive blood type can be found in _______________________ .
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Europe and Africa
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India and Australia
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Japan and South America
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all of the above
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